5a7c2525-ddd8-4c44-b2e3-f57ba01a0d81 2026-08-13T18:58:10Z Add this feed to Visual Studio's extension manager from Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Extensions and Updates CodeShot.06cf14ac-c16c-4c61-9e83-2edd8692648c

Turn the current editor selection into a polished PNG screenshot without leaving Visual Studio. Copy it to the clipboard or save it to disk.

2026-08-13T16:32:32Z 2026-08-13T16:32:32Z Mads Kristensen CodeShot.06cf14ac-c16c-4c61-9e83-2edd8692648c1.0.40 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 DocumentHealth.ebd2f3af-c274-4af6-bc9d-3e929361845d

Shows inline diagnostic messages and gutter glyphs, with inline/above/below placement and a scroll bar health icon.

2026-08-13T02:03:03Z 2026-08-13T02:03:03Z Mads Kristensen DocumentHealth.ebd2f3af-c274-4af6-bc9d-3e929361845d1.1.69 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 MaxLineLength.bbc727b4-1dfb-4d9e-a159-032529f396ed

Displays the effective .editorconfig line-length ruler and safely reflows supported C#, Visual Basic, prose, and code comments through Visual Studio's format commands.

2026-08-12T18:41:50Z 2026-08-12T18:41:50Z Mads Kristensen MaxLineLength.bbc727b4-1dfb-4d9e-a159-032529f396ed1.0.12 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 MarkdownEditor2022.2347dc70-1875-4775-bf48-f2b9fdfee8d4

A full featured Markdown editor with live preview and syntax highlighting. Supports GitHub flavored Markdown.

2026-08-12T15:20:51Z 2026-08-12T15:20:51Z Mads Kristensen MarkdownEditor2022.2347dc70-1875-4775-bf48-f2b9fdfee8d42.0.2 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,19.0)arm64 WorkspaceFiles.e5308ac4-ca47-4992-945b-9b144a10c2d0

Gives access to all files and folders from the file system under the repo- or solution root folder. All in the same Solution Explorer view.

2026-08-05T23:11:28Z 2026-08-05T23:11:28Z Mads Kristensen WorkspaceFiles.e5308ac4-ca47-4992-945b-9b144a10c2d01.0.19 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)arm64 1209461d-57f8-46a4-814a-dbe5fecef941

Language service for .editorconfig files with IntelliSense, validation and more. Supports .NET specific rules and severities

2026-08-05T17:33:52Z 2026-08-05T17:33:52Z Mads Kristensen 1209461d-57f8-46a4-814a-dbe5fecef9411.18.65 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 FileView.8401996c-040d-495b-9353-bf3074e92189

Browse and manage the complete Git repository alongside Solution Explorer, with search, multi-root folders, Git status, and drag-and-drop.

2026-07-31T19:19:47Z 2026-07-31T19:19:47Z Mads Kristensen FileView.8401996c-040d-495b-9353-bf3074e921891.0.18 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 StartScreen.2d76ac3d-7ff2-47e1-82d8-e507cf765bbe

A modern start screen for Visual Studio with recent projects, developer news, daily tips, and quick actions.

2026-07-29T20:18:31Z 2026-07-29T20:18:31Z Mads Kristensen StartScreen.2d76ac3d-7ff2-47e1-82d8-e507cf765bbe1.0.149 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 Macros.MadsKristensen.d13e532a-bd43-40df-ae9f-8d05e54138c7

Record text edits and IDE actions. Replay instantly with hotkeys or trigger on events. Every macro is editable C# script. Modern, powerful, open-source macros

2026-07-22T16:33:47Z 2026-07-22T16:33:47Z Mads Kristensen Macros.MadsKristensen.d13e532a-bd43-40df-ae9f-8d05e54138c71.0.72 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 CommentsVS.38981599-e7f2-4db8-bf34-85b325aec2b6

Enhance XML documentation comments with rich rendering, automatic reflow, collapsing, color-coded tags, and clickable issue links.

2026-07-22T16:33:03Z 2026-07-22T16:33:03Z Mads Kristensen CommentsVS.38981599-e7f2-4db8-bf34-85b325aec2b61.0.216 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 18.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 18.0)arm64 ImagePreview.3e89687a-7648-400e-aff7-a4fd71fd0f5c

Shows an image preview when hovering over URLs and file paths. Includes fix for SVG preview issue (temporary patch build).

2026-07-22T16:31:16Z 2026-07-22T16:31:16Z Mads Kristensen ImagePreview.3e89687a-7648-400e-aff7-a4fd71fd0f5c1.0.60 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 18.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 18.0)arm64 SqlFormatter.fdf96f87-bc61-43ec-bc52-50fd011fd54f

Adds support for the Format Document command for SQL files. Use Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D to execute the command to format the document. Configure the formatting behavior through options.

2026-07-22T16:29:05Z 2026-07-22T16:29:05Z Mads Kristensen SqlFormatter.fdf96f87-bc61-43ec-bc52-50fd011fd54f1.0.62 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[18.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[18.0,)arm64 RainbowBraces.1dff1bc5-a8e4-477b-9054-2b9ec6bb88d1

Colorizes matching brace pairs to make it easy to identify them and their scope. Works for curly brackets, parentheses, and square brackets.

2026-07-22T16:28:10Z 2026-07-22T16:28:10Z Mads Kristensen RainbowBraces.1dff1bc5-a8e4-477b-9054-2b9ec6bb88d11.0.178 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)arm64 NuGetManagerSlim.02b52d4a-302c-45d8-9d1f-9cc4759f30bf

An alternative NuGet Package Manager for Visual Studio — unified, async-first, with inline progress and per-framework version state.

2026-07-21T21:44:56Z 2026-07-21T21:44:56Z Mads Kristensen NuGetManagerSlim.02b52d4a-302c-45d8-9d1f-9cc4759f30bf1.1.97 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 LoreVS.4beb5277-15de-4fff-bcaa-82af106d7233

Lore source control inside Visual Studio. Onboard a solution or folder, see file status glyphs, commit, and manage a local Lore server without leaving the IDE.

2026-07-20T20:48:44Z 2026-07-20T20:48:44Z Mads Kristensen LoreVS.4beb5277-15de-4fff-bcaa-82af106d72331.0.31 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 VsixTreeViewer.8bc7b2af-9ddc-4b5d-9983-6a980b3d0243

Shows the content of the compiled .vsix file directly in Solution Explorer

2026-06-29T20:32:19Z 2026-06-29T20:32:19Z Mads Kristensen VsixTreeViewer.8bc7b2af-9ddc-4b5d-9983-6a980b3d02431.0.40 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.6, 19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.6, 19.0)arm64 fc4e241f-57de-4032-9c89-527984c0a0ae

Uses industry standard tools to optimize any JPEG, PNG, WebP, SVG and Gifs - including animated Gifs. Can do both lossy and lossless optimization.

2026-06-29T18:13:05Z 2026-06-29T18:13:05Z Mads Kristensen fc4e241f-57de-4032-9c89-527984c0a0ae6.0.72 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro[17.0,19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro[17.0,19.0)arm64 BookmarkStudio.7ed28d42-37b3-4773-8a6e-e9ca6403a0fc

Manage color-coded code bookmarks across your solution with slots, search, and fast navigation.

2026-06-26T23:11:09Z 2026-06-26T23:11:09Z Mads Kristensen BookmarkStudio.7ed28d42-37b3-4773-8a6e-e9ca6403a0fc1.0.94 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 18.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 18.0)arm64 BlueSteel.e1e706e2-05d3-4da9-8754-652cd8ab65f4

A theme pack for Visual Studio 2026 containing several light, dark, and solarized color themes

2026-06-25T22:30:24Z 2026-06-25T22:30:24Z Mads Kristensen BlueSteel.e1e706e2-05d3-4da9-8754-652cd8ab65f41.0.56 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.9, 19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.9, 19.0)arm64 SolutionColors.dfa813d0-736b-491d-921a-4a3503d41543

Allows you to associate a color with a solution and display it in various locations within Visual Studio. Inspired by the Peacock extension for VS Code.

2026-06-25T21:26:44Z 2026-06-25T21:26:44Z Mads Kristensen SolutionColors.dfa813d0-736b-491d-921a-4a3503d415431.1.94 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)arm64 FailFast.897947cf-5417-419c-9d8e-450b9480b07d

Cancels a solution build as soon as the first project fails, helping you find the real error faster and avoid waiting for the rest of the build.

2026-06-12T18:45:48Z 2026-06-12T18:45:48Z Mads Kristensen FailFast.897947cf-5417-419c-9d8e-450b9480b07d1.0.16 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 18.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 18.0)arm64 HubitatVS.c2faad63-3412-4f74-b17d-e0f8338ae2c8

Hubitat app and driver publishing tools for Visual Studio.

2026-06-09T00:22:06Z 2026-06-09T00:22:06Z Mads Kristensen HubitatVS.c2faad63-3412-4f74-b17d-e0f8338ae2c81.0.36 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 c5203f5f-4785-4c09-b383-688a100a9f5d

Adds support for npm scripts defined in package.json directly in Visual Studio's Task Runner Explorer. Includes full support for Yarn and PNPM

2026-06-05T20:53:46Z 2026-06-05T20:53:46Z Mads Kristensen c5203f5f-4785-4c09-b383-688a100a9f5d1.5.110 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,18.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,18.0)arm64 SvgViewer.7a08d0d4-985c-4415-93d5-ddd9135d8f4f

Makes it much easier to work with SVG files by showing a live preview in the bottom-right corner of the code window

2026-06-05T20:19:50Z 2026-06-05T20:19:50Z Mads Kristensen SvgViewer.7a08d0d4-985c-4415-93d5-ddd9135d8f4f1.1.38 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[15.0, 17.0) Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)arm64 VSPets.74ced5aa-4286-436c-b92c-806b823c7e64

Bring your Visual Studio to life with adorable animated pets that walk along your status bar!

2026-06-03T00:26:21Z 2026-06-03T00:26:21Z Mads Kristensen VSPets.74ced5aa-4286-436c-b92c-806b823c7e641.0.54 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 VsGoToMarket.af4b0801-a686-4952-ac47-a5975e9650d5

Facilitates the viewing and edting of What's New content for Visual Studio

2026-05-28T21:33:58Z 2026-05-28T21:33:58Z Mads Kristensen VsGoToMarket.af4b0801-a686-4952-ac47-a5975e9650d51.0.201 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0, 19.0)arm64 MarkdownEditor2022.2347dc70-1875-4775-bf48-f2b9fdfee8d4 751759cc-53b5-45f6-8d75-43392a1dd89c

Provides the ability to generate code-behind files for .vsixmanfiest and .vsct files in managed code to make the information easy to consume from the rest of the extension.

2026-05-23T03:09:48Z 2026-05-23T03:09:48Z Mads Kristensen 751759cc-53b5-45f6-8d75-43392a1dd89c1.0.47 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,19.0)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,19.0)arm64 GitHubNode.24524560-9858-4489-a36e-945dea8eea44

Adds a GitHub node to Solution Explorer that displays the contents of your repository's `.github` folder. Quickly access and manage GitHub-specific files like workflows, Copilot instructions, agents, and more

2026-05-23T03:09:19Z 2026-05-23T03:09:19Z Mads Kristensen GitHubNode.24524560-9858-4489-a36e-945dea8eea441.0.105 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64 NuGetManagerSlim.02b52d4a-302c-45d8-9d1f-9cc4759f30be

An alternative NuGet Package Manager for Visual Studio — unified, async-first, with inline progress and per-framework version state.

2026-05-12T19:28:35Z 2026-05-12T19:28:35Z Mads Kristensen NuGetManagerSlim.02b52d4a-302c-45d8-9d1f-9cc4759f30be1.0.52 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)amd64 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community[17.0,)arm64